Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:04:31 -0700WeeblyMon, 02 Jun 2014 20:35:51 GMThttp://tcsfoodblog.weebly.com/fast-food/mad-men-monday-chicken-big-king-satisfriesFor the second edition of Mad Men Mondays we will look at the Chicken Big King and Satisfries. The Chicken Big King, is kind of self-explanatory, it is a chicken version of the Big King. The Big King is a Big Mac, Big Boy Burger, whatever you want to call it. The Chicken Big King has two fried chicken patties, separated by a bun. The bottom layer has cheese and special sauce (1000 Island Dressing). The Top layer has sauce, pickle, onion, and lettuce. The Satisfries are supposedly a healthy version of Burger King Fries. Let’s look at the official advertisement first.

As with all burger ads the burger is perfectly stacked and stands taller than would be possible to fit in your mouth. It looks to have the perfect amount of everything with no spillage of sauce or toppings. The Satisfries on the side look like your classic crinkle cut fries, fried to perfection. I was skeptical of this but I thought it looked pretty good and I do think the Burger King Chicken sandwich is one of the better fast food chicken sandwiches, so I gave it a try.

So above you can see the real sandwich. The Big King itself of course looks smashed down compared to the ad. Also, it’s pretty much a mess. Cheese, sauce and lettuce spilling out the sides of the unevenly stacked Big King. I also got an order of regular fries to compare to the Satisfries. The Satisfries look about the same as the ad so kudos to Burger King. Big King looks nothing like the ad, but the Satisfires do, but the really question is how do they taste. We will start with the better of the two. That would be the Big King. If you like the Burger King chicken sandwich you will like these patties. They tasted the same just made into a circle instead of the classic oval. That being said it tastes like a chicken Big Mac. Sauce, cheese and rest taste just like the old standby. I do like the idea of combining these to sandwiches into one it actually worked. However, I would prefer if this was just a single decker, I felt it was just too much chicken in each bite. Now, let’s get to the Satisfires. I will preface this by saying I have not had BK fries in a pretty long time. What I realized when I tried both of the fires is that I don’t like either one of the BK fries. The Satisfries just tasted like they took them out of the freezer of the local grocery store and had a teenager bake them in an oven (that is exactly what happens). Just no flavor, and if you are getting fast food I really don’t think saving a few calories on fries is high up on your priorities. The regular fries just can’t compare to McDonald fries. Too thick not salted enough and overall not worth it for both types of fries. Overall the ad obviously looks nothing like the actual sandwich. The taste is what you expect from combining a Big Mac with a BK chicken sandwich. I would get it again but it’s not high on my list. Don’t get the Satisfries. Thank you for reading.

This is a Nacho Bell grande on steriods. It is bigger, better and all around amazing. The XXL Nacho has everyting the Nacho Bell grande has. Chips, cheese sauce, beef (you can get chicken or steak as well), beans, tomatos and sour cream. But a few things take the XXL nacho to the next level. First, it is about 50% larger, so don't order to many extra tacos with this one. Second, real cheese is added on top of the li

This is the first in a new series of post that I am still figuring out the name. I am going to give the advertisement picture of the item and the company’s description and then give you my picture and my description. I am thinking maybe calling it Mad Men Mondays in honor of the 1960's advertisement agencies. This first one I am doing on throwback Thursday because I had this over a year ago but still have the picture. The specimen today is Taco Bell's Smothered Burrito.

Let’s compare the picture first. To start nothing at Taco bell or really any Mexican restaurant will ever be as neatly layered and perfectly round as they show in their picture. A burrito also doesn’t really need to be so perfect in my opinion anyways, especially a smother burrito, you want a little mess to it. Now the sauce and cheese I would say are pretty comparable and represent what you actually get fairly well, nice job TBell. Now the Sour cream, ha-ha. It really wouldn’t be that hard to make a zigzag pattern with the caulk gun they use to shoot sour cream on this burrito, but what do I know, I don’t have a sour cream gun (yet). Clearly this employee just wanted to throw a bunch of sour cream in the middle and not evenly dispersed it. Which leads me to the actually filing of the burrito.

While the ingredients are all there as the add says, Chicken, rice, Beans, chipotle sauce, they were not evenly distributed. One end was all chicken, the other end was all beans, but this is a pretty common result for Taco Bell. I don’t really remember the chipotle sauce so either I didn’t get much in mine or it wasn’t very memorable. My favorite part to the ingredients and description of this is the “reduced-fat sour cream." As if anyone ordering the smothered burrito really cares about reduced-fat. In the words of my dad "must be healthy."

I do remember liking the smothered burrito. Obviously it looks nothing like the advertisement, but that’s the point of this series. Don't judge a food by its advertisement or its actual appearance, just give it a taste.

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I have had a few request to finish up the Taco Bell breakfast so here is round 2. This time I will discuss two items. I will discuss he AM Grilled taco and breakfast burrito. The Grilled taco is as the name says, a grilled taco. It takes the classic soft shell taco and fills it with a decent portion of scrambled eggs, bacon bits, and cheese of course. It came together quite well and I liked the crispiness of the grilled shell. There was just enough egg in the taco not to overwhelm the other flavors. I have not tried the sausage version of this and probably won’t because I know what the Taco Bell sausage is like and I prefer the bacon. I will say I found the taco to be a little dry so adding a little taco bell hot sauce really stepped up the overall experience. If you don’t like heat I would still suggest adding the mild sauce. Overall a good choice for breakfast. I still prefer the Crunchwrap over the taco mainly because of the hashbrowns and jalapeno sauce. Second, the breakfast burrito. I have tried both the bacon and the steak versions of this, but not the sausage. Surprisingly both were some of my least favorite items. This stems from the eggs being dry just as in the taco, except in the burrito you get twice as much eggs. No grill on his one, just a soft burrito shell filled with the scrambled eggs, cheese and meat. The one thing that made the steak version stand out was the jalapeno sauce that by now you know I love. However, the steak itself is pretty chewy, but what you expect from Taco Bell. Overall Bacon burrito, would not recommend. Steak burrito, give it a try if you like the sauce on the crunchwrap or you like other steak items from Taco Bell. Here are the Rankings so far 1. Bacon AM Crunchwrap 2. Sausage AM Crunchwrap 3. Steak Burrito 4. AM Grilled Bacon Taco 5. Bacon Burrito

There was really no way McDonald’s could screw this one up for me. Put sautéed onions and bacon on anything and I will probably love it. This did not disappoint.

Let’s start with the Toppings. The onions are good for being a fast food grilled onion, not as delicious as a real restaurant but it’s what you expect from McDonalds, just a little dry. The Bacon is a thicker than many fast food bacon strips and gives a good Smokey flavor to the burger. Adding the “Special Sauce” really made the burger for me. I am all about sauces and I have never thought of the Special sauce/bacon/onion combo but it works.

The Bun is “Artisan.” I didn't feel this added anything special to the Burger, but hey it makes it sound fancy. The burger is also topped with lettuce and tomato, the lettuce is a big leaf not the shredded kind that is often on Mcd’s stuff. Which again didn't really make the burger any better but makes it look a little fancier.

The burger itself is your classic Quarter pounder and comes with, again trying to be fancy, white cheddar.

I have to start out with a bang on my “Fast Food Blog” so why not start with one of the biggest and most exciting changes to the fast food world in decades. Yes, I am talking about Taco Bell Breakfast.I have tried the five main Menu items, but not all their variations. I will give you my thoughts on each in a new blog post and then rank them in the end.First, there is the AM Chrunchwrap. This is smaller than the normal crunchwrap, if you're a fan, but brings the same concept over to breakfast. I have tried both the Bacon and Sausage version of this item, but I have not tried the steak. This is one of my favorites on the menu. If you are not familur the crunchwrap is a large tortilla with all the ingredients in the middle, folded up to almost be a hexagona and then grilled. I like the large hash brown patty that is snuck inside, this provides the crunch. It is a good size and just salty and crispy enough. There is a little bit of scrambled eggs thrown in, not to much and they are pretty tasty for being fast food. Now for the meat inside. I prefer the bacon version. The sausage was just a little too much for me and it was that classic gray sausage meat you get from a fast food breakfast. However, if you like the Sausage McMuffin you probably will prefer the sausage version over the bacon. The bacon is pieces of bacon and get the job done for me. Of course they throw some cheese in it as well, what taco bell item doesn’t have cheese (Fresco doesn't count.) Now, what i really love about the AM Crunchwrap is the Jalapeno sauce they put in it. It has a creamy, spicy goodness that only Taco Bell can pull off. I’ll try the steak version eventually but overall the Bacon edition is the one I will come back for on future “1st Meal” trips.” Crunchy, spicy, cheesy portable breakfast works for me.I did also pair my crunchwrap with a coffee this time. Now i am no coffee expert but i do enjoy a cup most days. I had no expectations going into this and was pleasantly surprised. I drank it black as I usually do with my coffee. It was hot and had a good flavor. I would much rather drink this coffee than the stuff they make at my work and I would recommend getting it to go with your breakfast.Overall, I thought my first TBell 1st Meal experience was great and I recommend people to give it a whirl.Up Next will Be the AM Grilled Taco